Spiced cookies recipe

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Try making these pretty sugar and spice cookies. An ideal, cost-effective christmas gift for friends and family. Cheap, quick and easy to make.

  • healthy
Makes20
SkillEasy
Preparation Time1 hours
Cooking Time20 mins
Total Time1 hours 20 mins
Cost RangeCheap
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories135 Kcal7%
Fat4 g6%
Saturated Fat1 g5%

It's the warming touch of ginger coupled with a sweet sprinkling of cinnamon that makes these spiced cookies so irresistible.

Make 20 spiced cookies with this simple recipe. After making the mixture, you want to let it rest for half an hour to really allow these spices to infuse together. Then simply roll out, bake and tuck into these tasty treats when slightly cool. The festive seasonal spices make this recipe a must-make around Christmas. We suggest using Christmas-themed cookie cutters for an extra kitsch finish if you have them to hand.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp runny honey
  • 30g (1oz) unsalted butter
  • 60g (2oz) light muscovado sugar
  • 250g (8oz) self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • Finely grated zest of 1 lemon, plus 2-4 tbsp juice
  • 60g (2oz) ground almonds
  • 1 large egg

To decorate:

  • 50g (5oz) icing sugar, sieved
  • Silver balls
  • Parchment paper and baking sheets
  • 5cm (2in) biscuit cutters
  • Small plain piping nozzle
  • Paper piping bag

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Method

  1. To make this cookie recipe, put the honey, butter and sugar into a small pan and stir over a low heat until the butter is melted.
  2. Sieve the flour, ginger and cinnamon into a bowl. Add the lemon zest and ground almonds.
  3. Pour the egg, melted mixture and lemon juice into the dry ingredients. Stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture comes together.
  4. Knead the mixture on a lightly floured surface for a couple of mins, then wrap in cling film and pop in the freezer for 30 mins to firm up.
  5. Set the oven to Gas Mark 4 or 180°C. Roll out the dough to a 5mm (¼in) thickness, on a parchment-lined surface, and stamp out the biscuit shapes. You should be able to get about 20. Push the tip of a tiny plain piping nozzle near the top edge of each biscuit, and lift out to make a hole.
  6. Put the biscuits on to parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake for 15-20 mins until pale golden. Cool on a wire rack.
  7. To decorate: Mix the icing sugar with 4 tsp hot water, to make a smooth icing. Spoon into a paper piping bag with the nozzle. Pipe icing on the biscuits and decorate with silver balls. Leave to set.

Top tips for making spiced cookies:

You could give these as a tasty tree-hanging gift at Christmas. Thread ribbon through a make-shift hole in the biscuits. Wrap in cellophane and gift away.

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Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies